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Indians
@ White Sox
Comiskey Park
May 9, 1959
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Chicago White Sox and the Cleveland Indians, played on May 9, 1959 at Comiskey Park.
Game Summary
| Date | May 9, 1959 |
|---|---|
| Visiting Team |
Cleveland Indians
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| Home Team |
Chicago White Sox
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| Winning Pitcher | — |
| Losing Pitcher | — |
| Save | — |
| Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
| Date | May 9, 1959 |
|---|---|
| Day of Week | Sat |
| Day / Night | D |
| Visiting Team | Cleveland Indians |
| Home Team | Chicago White Sox |
| Visiting Starting Pitcher | Herb Score |
| Home Starting Pitcher | Barry Latman |
| Ballpark | Comiskey Park |
| City | Chicago |
| State | IL |
| Attendance | 6,325 |
| Time of Game | 3 hours 2 minutes |
| Umpires | HP: Joe Paparella 1B: Ed Runge 2B: Eddie Hurley 3B: Frank Tabacchi |
Cleveland Indians Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Jim Piersall | Center Fielder |
| Vic Power | First Baseman |
| Minnie Minoso | Left Fielder |
| Rocky Colavito | Right Fielder |
| Russ Nixon | Catcher |
| George Strickland | Shortstop |
| Woodie Held | Third Baseman |
| Billy Martin | Second Baseman |
| Herb Score | Pitcher |
| Joe Gordon | Manager |
Chicago White Sox Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Luis Aparicio | Shortstop |
| Nellie Fox | Second Baseman |
| Jim Landis | Center Fielder |
| Sherm Lollar | Catcher |
| Del Ennis | Left Fielder |
| Al Smith | Right Fielder |
| Ron Jackson | First Baseman |
| Bubba Phillips | Third Baseman |
| Barry Latman | Pitcher |
| Al Lopez | Manager |
All Plays in Game
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Indians
@ White Sox
Comiskey Park
May 9, 1959
Top 1
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Indians, 0 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Piersall vs. Latman
Piersall hits a ball on the ground towards third. Phillips fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Indians, 0 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Power vs. Latman
Power hits a fly ball into right field. Smith settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 0 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Minoso vs. Latman
Minoso hits a ball on the ground towards third. Phillips fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
Bottom 1
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Indians, 0 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Aparicio vs. Score
Aparicio hits a ball on the ground towards short. Strickland scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Indians, 0 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Fox vs. Score
Fox hits a fly ball into center field. Piersall settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 0 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Landis vs. Score
Landis hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Martin fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Indians, 0 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Lollar vs. Score
There goes Landis. The throw from Nixon and he is safe. Landis steals second. View Play -
Indians, 0 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Lollar vs. Score
Lollar strikes out. View Play
Top 2
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Indians, 0 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Colavito vs. Latman
Colavito takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Indians, 0 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Nixon vs. Latman
Nixon hits a ball on the ground towards third. Phillips fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Indians, 0 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Strickland vs. Latman
Strickland hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Lollar settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 0 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Held vs. Latman
Held strikes out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Indians, 0 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Ennis vs. Score
Ennis hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Score fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Indians, 0 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Smith vs. Score
Smith takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Indians, 0 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Jackson vs. Score
Jackson is hit by the pitch. Smith moves to second. View Play -
Indians, 0 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Phillips vs. Score
Phillips hits a fly ball into right field. Colavito settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Smith moves to third. View Play -
Indians, 0 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Latman vs. Score
Latman takes first base on ball four. Jackson moves to second. View Play -
Indians, 0 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Aparicio vs. Score
Aparicio takes first base on ball four. Smith scores. Jackson moves to third. Latman moves to second. View Play -
Indians, 0 - White Sox, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Fox vs. Score
Fox hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Jackson scores. Latman scores. Aparicio moves to third. Fox moves to second. View Play -
Indians, 0 - White Sox, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Landis vs. Perry
Jim Perry now pitching.
There goes Aparicio. The slide. Nixon applies the tag. Aparicio is out. View Play
Top 3
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Indians, 0 - White Sox, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Martin vs. Latman
Sammy Esposito now playing shortstop. Earl Torgeson now playing first base.
Martin hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Indians, 0 - White Sox, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Perry vs. Latman
Perry hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Martin moves to second. View Play -
Indians, 0 - White Sox, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Piersall vs. Latman
Piersall takes first base on ball four. Martin moves to third. Perry moves to second. View Play -
Indians, 0 - White Sox, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Power vs. Latman
Power hits a ball on the ground towards short. Esposito fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. Martin scores. Perry moves to third. View Play -
Indians, 1 - White Sox, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Minoso vs. Latman
Minoso hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Latman fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Perry scores. View Play -
Indians, 2 - White Sox, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Colavito vs. Latman
Colavito takes first base on ball four. Minoso moves to second. View Play -
Indians, 2 - White Sox, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Nixon vs. Latman
Nixon hits a ball on the ground towards third. Phillips fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Indians, 2 - White Sox, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Landis vs. Perry
Landis takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Indians, 2 - White Sox, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Lollar vs. Perry
There goes Landis. The throw from Nixon and he is safe. Landis steals second. View Play -
Indians, 2 - White Sox, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Lollar vs. Perry
Lollar hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Landis scores. View Play -
Indians, 2 - White Sox, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Ennis vs. Perry
Ennis takes first base on ball four. Lollar moves to second. View Play -
Indians, 2 - White Sox, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Smith vs. Perry
Smith takes first base on ball four. Lollar moves to third. Ennis moves to second. View Play -
Indians, 2 - White Sox, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Torgeson vs. Bell
Gary Bell now pitching.
Torgeson hits a fly ball into left field. Minoso settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Lollar tags and scores. View Play -
Indians, 2 - White Sox, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Phillips vs. Bell
Phillips hits a line drive into center field. The ball bounces into the stands for a ground rule double. Ennis scores. Smith moves to third. View Play -
Indians, 2 - White Sox, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Latman vs. Bell
Latman hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Smith scores. Phillips scores. View Play -
Indians, 2 - White Sox, 8
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Esposito vs. Bell
Esposito strikes out. There goes Latman. The throw from Nixon to Strickland, and Latman is out. View Play
Top 4
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Indians, 2 - White Sox, 8
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Strickland vs. Latman
Strickland takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Indians, 2 - White Sox, 8
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Held vs. Latman
Held hits a fly ball into right field. Smith settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 2 - White Sox, 8
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Martin vs. Latman
Martin hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Strickland moves to second. View Play -
Indians, 2 - White Sox, 8
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Bell vs. Latman
Bell is called out on strikes. View Play -
Indians, 2 - White Sox, 8
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Piersall vs. Latman
Piersall hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Ennis. Piersall reaches second base with a double. Strickland scores. Martin goes all the way around to score. View Play -
Indians, 4 - White Sox, 8
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Power vs. Moore
Ray Moore now pitching.
Power hits a ball on the ground towards short. Esposito scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Indians, 4 - White Sox, 8
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Fox vs. Bell
Ray Webster now playing second base.
Fox takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Indians, 4 - White Sox, 8
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Landis vs. Bell
Landis bunts towards the mound. Bell fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Fox moves to second. View Play -
Indians, 4 - White Sox, 8
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Lollar vs. Bell
Lollar hits a fly ball into center field. Piersall catches it for the out, and throws it away. That's an error on Piersall. Fox moves to third. Landis moves to second. View Play -
Indians, 4 - White Sox, 8
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Ennis vs. Bell
Ennis hits a ball on the ground towards third. Held fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Indians, 4 - White Sox, 8
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Smith vs. Bell
The umpire calls a balk on Bell Fox scores. Landis moves to third. View Play -
Indians, 4 - White Sox, 9
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Smith vs. Bell
Smith hits a ball on the ground towards short. Strickland scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 5
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Indians, 4 - White Sox, 9
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Minoso vs. Moore
Minoso hits a ball on the ground towards third. Phillips fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Indians, 4 - White Sox, 9
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Colavito vs. Moore
Colavito hits a ball on the ground towards third. Phillips fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Indians, 4 - White Sox, 9
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Nixon vs. Moore
Nixon hits a line drive towards short. Esposito reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Indians, 4 - White Sox, 9
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Torgeson vs. Bell
Torgeson hits a fly ball, foul, into right field. Colavito settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 4 - White Sox, 9
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Phillips vs. Bell
Phillips hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Indians, 4 - White Sox, 9
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Moore vs. Bell
Moore bunts towards first. Power scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Moore for the out. Phillips moves to second. View Play -
Indians, 4 - White Sox, 9
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Esposito vs. Bell
Esposito hits a ball on the ground towards third. Held fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 6
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Indians, 4 - White Sox, 9
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Strickland vs. Moore
Strickland hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Indians, 4 - White Sox, 9
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Held vs. Moore
Held hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Strickland moves to second. View Play -
Indians, 4 - White Sox, 9
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Webster vs. Moore
Lollar fires to first and picks off Held. View Play -
Indians, 4 - White Sox, 9
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Webster vs. Moore
Webster hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Fox scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Strickland moves to third. View Play -
Indians, 4 - White Sox, 9
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Dillard vs. Moore
Don Dillard pinch hits for Gary Bell.
Dillard hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Strickland scores. View Play -
Indians, 5 - White Sox, 9
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Piersall vs. Moore
Piersall hits a fly ball into center field. Landis settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Indians, 5 - White Sox, 9
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Fox vs. Robinson
Humberto Robinson now pitching.
Fox hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Indians, 5 - White Sox, 9
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Landis vs. Robinson
Landis hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Webster settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 5 - White Sox, 9
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Lollar vs. Robinson
Lollar hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Robinson fields it and throws to first for the out. Fox moves to second. View Play -
Indians, 5 - White Sox, 9
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Ennis vs. Robinson
Ennis hits a ball on the ground towards third. Held fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 7
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Indians, 5 - White Sox, 9
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Power vs. Moore
Johnny Callison now playing left field.
Power hits a fly ball into right field. Smith settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 5 - White Sox, 9
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Minoso vs. Moore
Minoso hits a ball on the ground towards first. Torgeson scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Minoso for the out. View Play -
Indians, 5 - White Sox, 9
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Colavito vs. Moore
Colavito hits a popup towards short. Esposito settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Indians, 5 - White Sox, 9
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Smith vs. Robinson
Smith hits a fly ball into left field. Minoso settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 5 - White Sox, 9
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Torgeson vs. Robinson
Torgeson hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Indians, 5 - White Sox, 9
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Phillips vs. Robinson
Phillips hits a fly ball into center field. Piersall settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 5 - White Sox, 9
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Moore vs. Robinson
Moore hits a fly ball into left field. Minoso settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 8
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Indians, 5 - White Sox, 9
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Nixon vs. Moore
Nixon hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Fox scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Indians, 5 - White Sox, 9
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Strickland vs. Moore
Strickland hits a fly ball into center field. Landis settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 5 - White Sox, 9
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Held vs. Moore
Held hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Indians, 5 - White Sox, 9
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Francona vs. Moore
Tito Francona pinch hits for Ray Webster.
Francona hits a fly ball into left field. Callison settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Indians, 5 - White Sox, 9
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Esposito vs. Robinson
Gene Leek now playing third base. Woodie Held now playing shortstop. George Strickland now playing second base.
Esposito hits a fly ball into center field. Piersall settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 5 - White Sox, 9
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Fox vs. Robinson
Fox hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Strickland scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Indians, 5 - White Sox, 9
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Landis vs. Robinson
Landis is called out on strikes. View Play
Top 9
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Indians, 5 - White Sox, 9
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Naragon vs. Moore
Hal Naragon pinch hits for Humberto Robinson.
Naragon hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Fox scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Indians, 5 - White Sox, 9
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Piersall vs. Moore
Piersall hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Indians, 5 - White Sox, 9
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Power vs. Moore
Power hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Fox fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
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Box Score
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Game of 5/9/1959 -- Cleveland at Chicago (D)
Cleveland AB R H RBI Chicago AB R H RBI
Piersall J, cf 4 0 3 2 Aparicio L, ss 1 0 0 1
Power V, 1b 5 0 0 0 Esposito S, ss 3 0 0 0
Minoso M, lf 4 0 1 1 Fox N, 2b 4 1 2 2
Colavito R, rf 2 0 0 0 Landis J, cf 4 1 2 0
Nixon R, c 4 0 0 0 Lollar S, c 4 1 1 1
Strickland G, ss-2b 3 2 1 0 Ennis D, lf 3 1 0 0
Held W, 3b-ss 4 0 2 0 Callison J, lf 0 0 0 0
Martin B, 2b 2 2 2 0 Smith A, rf 2 2 0 0
Webster R, 2b 1 0 0 0 Jackson R, 1b 0 1 0 0
Francona T, ph 1 0 0 0 Torgeson E, 1b 2 0 1 1
Leek G, 3b 0 0 0 0 Phillips B, 3b 4 1 2 1
Score H, p 0 0 0 0 Latman B, p 1 1 1 2
Perry J, p 1 1 1 0 Moore R, p 1 0 0 0
Bell G, p 1 0 0 0
Dillard D, ph 1 0 1 1
Robinson H, p 0 0 0 0
Naragon H, ph 1 0 0 0
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34 5 11 4 29 9 9 8
Cleveland 002 201 000 -- 5
Chicago 035 100 00x -- 9
Cleveland IP H R ER BB SO
Score H (L) 1.2 2 3 3 3 1
Perry J* 0.1 1 4 4 3 0
Bell G 3.0 4 2 2 1 1
Robinson H 3.0 2 0 0 0 1
Chicago IP H R ER BB SO
Latman B 3.2 6 4 4 4 2
Moore R (W) 5.1 5 1 1 0 0
* Pitched to 4 batters in 3rd
E -- Piersall J
DP -- Cleveland 1, Chicago 3
LOB -- Cleveland 6, Chicago 6
2B -- Phillips B, Piersall J
SB -- Landis J 2
CS -- Aparicio L, Latman B
SH -- Moore R
SF -- Torgeson E
HBP -- by Score H (Jackson R)
Balk -- Bell G
T -- 3:02
A -- 6325
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